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Master plans must be mastered

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 14:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Marthese Portelli

In June 2013, Government had gone on record saying that it intended to substitute the regional local plans with three generic plans – one for Gozo and Comino, one for the whole of urban Malta...

Doing an Iceland

Wednesday, 14 February 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 7 years ago Andrew Azzopardi

At the moment we are enjoying the Winter Olympics, this time round being hosted by Pyeongchang in South Korea.  Very soon most of us will be following with intent, probably one of the greatest...

Back to the future

Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 08:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Gejtu Vella

Last Wednesday, together with Dr Roberta Lepre and Dr Andre’ Borg, I was invited to participate in the discussion programme Iswed fuq l-Abjad on NET TV, hosted by anchor presenter Frank...

Time to rethink?

Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 08:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Charles Flores

While our doctors have been greedily looking after their own interests in an ever-changing scenario of the Maltese health sector which, undoubtedly, needs a long-overdue refit more than Malta needs...

Time

Monday, 12 February 2018, 08:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alfred Sant

In a recent interesting debate at the European Parliament the discussion was about whether the European summer time system should be rolled over or not. Some wanted to keep it going, others to change...

Guantanamo and the survival of a colonial dichotomy

Monday, 12 February 2018, 07:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Simon Mercieca

As indicated in my previous blog, President Donald Trump referred to the American camp in Guantanamo Bay in his address to the nation. He stated that this camp is going to remain open. During the...

Internet incivility – the new social cancer

Sunday, 11 February 2018, 11:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Alice Taylor

Has being utterly vile to each other become the new norm? The fundamental ethics such as fairness, mutual respect, honesty, responsibility, emotional intelligence, and tolerance seem to have been...

Jason’s slap

Sunday, 11 February 2018, 10:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Noel Grima

Jason Azzopardi is frequently scorned, derided and opposed by his own side, let alone the other one. Years back, a cabinet colleague of his showed me a spoof video someone had made, dressing him...

Common sense at Buleben

Sunday, 11 February 2018, 08:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

The farmers at Buleben have been served with an evacuation order because the land they have tilled for generations is required to make way for the construction of new factories. We are told that our...

Minister Fearne, some honesty please

Saturday, 10 February 2018, 08:21 Last update: about 7 years ago Rachel Borg

There is but one voice at the moment to speak for the patients and the needs of the sick and that is the Medical Association of Malta.  In protecting the rights and conditions of the medical...

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